Comment on: Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision Versus Anterior Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer: A Propensity Score-Matched, Population-Based Study in Catalonia, Spain

Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 Dec 1;65(12):e1079. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002602. Epub 2022 Sep 2.

Authors

Yasuhiro Ishiyama¹, Manabu Amiki², Shingo Ito², Yasumitu Hirano³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
² Department of Surgery, Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
³ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.

PMID: 36102840
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002602

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Laparoscopy*
Postoperative Complications / surgery
Proctectomy*
Propensity Score
Rectal Neoplasms* / epidemiology
Rectal Neoplasms* / surgery
Rectum / surgery
Retrospective Studies
Spain / epidemiology
Transanal Endoscopic Surgery*